It's tough to stop him. He'll beat you from the outside, he can drive on you. He beats you inside, he's big, he's strong. He's definitely a solid player without a doubt. He was just too tough.

Him coming back has really freed up Shane Coleman and Terrel Clark. Shane and Terrel are two excellent guards; it's even tougher to cover three of them.

We were going to try something different on him but then we decided we weren't going that route. We stayed in zone. Every time they needed a basket he made it.

We had a two-hour, 40-minute ride in the snow on the bus. In the beginning, we got down, 13-2, or something, you could see our shots were off and our legs just weren't under us yet.

They can all hit the 3, they can all penetrate and they can all play defense. It just took awhile because we start four sophomores and (Coleman) who is a junior. It just took them some time to realize how good they are. They are playing great right now.

They all knew him and were friends with him. They are playing in his memory.